A Hot Summer Night: The '85 World Invitational Wrestling Spectacular (also known as Polynesian Hot Summer Night) was a

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supercard produced by NWA Polynesian Pro Wrestling (NWA-PPW), which took place on August 3, 1985, at the

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. An interpromotional show, it featured wrestlers from the

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and

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. Sixteen professional wrestling matches were set on the event's supercard. The main attraction on the event

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was

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defending the

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against Siva Afi, which ended in a double disqualification. In the other main event,

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wrestled Bruiser Brody in a standard wrestling match. The undercard included Lars Anderson winning the NWA Polynesian Pacific Heavyweight Championship from

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, defending NWA Polynesian Pacific Tag Team Champions The Soul Patrol ( Rocky Johnson and Ricky Johnson) beating The Dirty White Boys ( Len Denton and

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), and The Family ( André the Giant,

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and Steve Collins) defeating Sullivan's Army ( King Kong Bundy, Mark Lewin and Kevin Sullivan) in a

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. According to a pre-match stipulation, anyone who managed to bodyslam Bundy would win $20,000. The event had an attendance of between 12,553 and 19,955 people. While working for Jim Crockett Promotions, Jim Cornette was told that the show drew 15,000. It was the first show in Hawaii to gross over $100,000 and remained the state's highest-attended pro wrestling event during the

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. The record lasted for over 5 years until the WWF held a live event at the same venue in 1991. A second installment, A Hot Summers Night II, was held the following year but had a much smaller turnout due to a severe rainstorm. The failure of this second supercard, and a disastrous 1987 tour of California, is blamed for the promotion's close only three years later. Several matches from A Hot Summer Night were broadcast on the promotion's syndicated television program ''Polynesian Pacific Pro Wrestling'' and on

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for NJPW's ''World Pro Wrestling'' later that month. A number of these episodes were released on VHS and DVD in the early-2000s, however, the full show is not commercially available. In May 2022, the event was depicted on the "Backyard Brawl-B-Q" episode of '' Young Rock''.

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